Most airline stocks have had a rough go of it so far in 2016, but Buckingham Research Group analyst Daniel McKenzie believes things are looking up for Q1 earnings season. Buckingham has raised its Q1 earnings estimates for JetBlue Airways Corporation JBLU 1.12% and Delta Air Lines, Inc. DAL 2.04% and upped its price targets…

Apple Inc. AAPL 2.01% is the largest public company in the world and the most widely-owned stock in the market. However, UBS analyst Steven Milunovich doesn’t believe that makes the company invincible. According to Milunovich, Apple faces three major threats to its business in coming years.

Hedge fund manager and Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me FNMA 14% shareholder Whitney Tilson believes that both Fannie Mae and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp FMC 0.96% will be multi-baggers once the courts overturn the government’s “net worth sweeps” of the two companies.

This year’s tax filing season is drawing to a close, but it may be another few months before Liberty Tax Inc TAX 0.11%, Intuit Inc. INTU 0.1% and H & R Block Inc HRB 0.62% investors know exactly how much of a success this year’s tax season was.

Sunedison Inc SUNE 36.76% has topped the list of most popular shorts for the second week in a row. FIS typically doesn’t have the same company atop its U.S. short list two weeks in a row, but the firm believes SunEdison deserves the honor.

In about an hour’s time, Facebook Inc FB 1.08% plunged more than 4 percent on a strong day for the NASDAQ, following surprising commentary from AdParlor.

Bank investors suffered another round of negative headlines on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) ruled that five out of the eight “too big to fail” U.S. financial institutions have issued “living will” breakup plans that do not pass regulatory standards.

Alcoa Inc AA kicked off Q1 earnings season on Monday, reporting EPS of $0.07 on revenue of $4.95 billion versus consensus estimates of $0.02 and $5.14 billion. The mixed results triggered an equally mixed market reaction. After falling 2.6 percent in Tuesday’s session, Alcoa’s stock is surging 5.4 percent Wednesday.

Stock traders that don’t trade professionally might not think of their profits as income, but you won’t be able to convince the IRS of that. Profits from trading are considered capital gains and are included on tax form Schedule D.

Credit card giants Visa Inc V 0.31% and Mastercard Inc MA 0.53% will likely still be able to grow earnings even if the U.S. economy falls into a recession. Citi analyst Dinad Fandetti stress-tested the two card companies to see how they would perform in a market downturn, and both companies passed with flying colors.